Reinstall Ubuntu keeping my data intact
- by Magnus
I have recently upgraded my desktop OS from ubntu 12.04 to 12.10 (complete reinstall). Before the switch i made a list of all programs installed on my Ubuntu 12.04.
sudo dpkg --get-selections > file
After that i reinstalled Ubuntu 12.10 and when all was done i performed the following command:
sudo dpkg --set-selections < file
sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade
Here is when the problems start, I get several warnings like this when performing the commands above:
dpkg: warning: package not in database at line xxx
and many of the programs is not installed. I don't know what the line means.
I have serched the web and it seems that I'm not the only one suffering from this but I have not find any solution that worked for me.
Any ideas what is causing this?
Regards
Magnus Örberg
